Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Taking after Daddy

Poet and Happy, being toddlers, often get distracted by whatever shiny thing happens to cross their field of vision. When this happens, it's really hard to get them to focus on whatever it is that I want them to do. I'll raise my voice to try to get their attention, and sometimes I even have to grab them and physically turn them and/or pull them toward me, and even sometimes that doesn't work. Those of you who have parented toddlers know what I mean, I'm sure.

Tonight at the end of bath time, Amy was trying to prompt Happy that it was time to get it out, but he ignored her, contentedly playing with whatever bath toy had attracted his attention. She tried several times to get his attention, to no avail. Then, completely unprompted, Poet grabs his chin and shouted, "Look at me! LOOK! AT! ME!" Yeah. That'd be something I do and say on a regular basis. Everyone (including Amy and me) collapsed in giggles, but Happy continued playing, so at least I know he wasn't playing favorites...

2 comments:

Darrin said...

hee heee... funny stuff. kinda like lil N' saying 'okaaay okaaay okaayy' when we ask her to do something repeated.

Amelia said...

Another phrase of the day- T and I ran to the store tonight and she wanted to push the cart. We she kept stopping and exploring items- she would say - "I'm looking, I'm looking, I'M LOOKING!"